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Southern Nash's Laura Garcia (right) tries to avoid getting tangled up with a SouthWest Edgecombe player during last Thursday's non-conference soccer event in Stanhope.

STANHOPE -- A trio of Northern Nash pitchers combined to allow just one hit as the Knights came up with a clutch Big East Conference victory Monday evening against homestanding Southern Nash.
Tyler Barrett, Whit Casper and Chad Nelms combined to allow just one Firebirds' hit as the Knights were 5-0 winners at the SNHS Baseball Field.
The trio fanned 10 Southern Nash batters, with Nelms coming through with seven whiffs.

LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN/DEMOREST, GA. -- Junior Jasmine Edgren went 9-for-13 with five RBI and four runs scored to lead her North Carolina Wesleyan College softball team to a trio of USA South road wins last weekend.
The Battling Bishops swept Covenant last Saturday, then earned a conference split at Piedmont on Sunday.
In addition to her offensive performance, Edgren also went 2-0 in the circle.

NASH COUNTY -- It's become a custom for Nash County's schoos to be well-represented on the North Carolina Basketball Coaches Assocation's All-District 3 Boys and Girls Basketball Teams -- and this season is no different.
Three county performers were saluted on the boys roster, including first-team selection Marquise Wright from Southern Nsh.
Wright, a junior frontliner, averaged 16.2 points and 10 rebounds per game while leading the Firebirds to the Class 3-A State Playoffs.

FRANKLINTON -- Northern Nash took home the top prize in the boys team competition and tacked on a sixth-place girls effort at the First Annual T. Sanders Memorial High School Invitational Track and Field Championships.
The event was held March 21 at Franklinton High School to commemorate former FHS coach Trent Sanders, who passed away suddenly last fall.
The star-studded field featured 20 girls and 17 boys squads.

CHAPEL HILL -- Wells Fargo, along with the North Carolina High School Athletic Association, has announced the final standings in the Wells Fargo Conference Cup competitions for the 2014-15 winter sports season.
The Wells Fargo Cup Award recognizes the schools that achieve the best overall interscholastic athletic performance within each of the state's four competitive classifications.

WILSON -- Committed to a higher level of baseball learning for its participants, the Wilson Tobs Summer Baseball Camps are an excellent opportunity for young players to enhance their skills and broaden their game knowledge.
Coordinated by Tobs Head Coach Bryant Gaines, and his assistants, the Tobs staff will work one-on-one with all participants to enhance the camper's fundamentals and individual, athletic skills.

NASH COUNTY -- The Young Champions of America is a national organization offering low-cost, high-quality martial art instruction to children ages 4 to 18 through local towns, schools and organizations.
The program emphasizes growing the student as a strong well-rounded individual of mind first and then body.
Master Ann Keklak 6th Degree, WTF Certified Master instructor and Young Champions Karate Director stated that, "Mr. John Braxton recently received the "Outstanding Instructor Award" presented to him by Young Champions of America CEO, Mr. Rock Hood, and myself.

ROCKY MOUNT -- North Carolina Wesleyan College's Charlie Long reached a notable milestone last Wednesday afternoon at Bauer Field as the veteran head baseball coach picked up the 400th win of his 18-year career.
The achievement came in the opener of the Bishops' doubleheader with St. Andrews University and saw NCWC post a 3-2 walk-off victory.
After the Knights opened up a 2-0 lead in the third, Wesleyan bounced back with single runs in the fifth, sixth and seventh to steal the come-from-behind win.

Northern Nash's Liz Flora (left) delivers a ball through the midfield for the Lady Knights during Monday afternon's road soccer decision against the Nash Central Lady Bulldogs.

An all-volunteer search team recently held a training exercise in Nashville.
The Coastal Carolina Search Team spent Saturday, March 21st training behind the home of one of its members, Nashville resident Donna Ritterpusch.
Ritterpusch joined the team in 2011.
The Coastal Carolina Search Team was formed in late 2008 by Mark Webb. Webb had always had a desire to start a search team in Eastern North Carolina.

A breaking and entering a motor vehicle and breaking, entering and larceny were reported on 3/23/15 at 4064 Stoney Hill Church Road
Found property was reported on 3/23/15 on Bullhead Road
Found narcotics and drug paraphernalia was reported on 3/23/15 at Taylors Exxon Store
A breaking, entering and larceny was reported on 3/23/15 at 12760 NC 98

Am I the only person that thinks time is going way too fast? That old saying "don't blink" is so true. It seems like it was just yesterday I was a mother and a wife, busy raising a family, refereeing fights, carpooling, ball practice and lots of ballgames. Now I am a busy grandmother, busy with grandchildren and writing the community news. LOL! Life is so busy; I don't think I want to blink again. Where has time gone? Heck, I even get a senior citizen's discount.... when I have the memory to ask for it!

GREENSBORO -- Guilford College's Turner Votipka earned his second Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Men's Tennis Player of the Week Award recentlyy.
The winner of the March 2 weekly ODAC honor, he is the Quakers' first two-time recipient in a single season in at least 10 years.
Votipka, a senior captain from Nash Central High School, posted a 3-1 combined record in Guilford's two ODAC victories.

NASH COUNTY -- The wild basketball season in the Big East Conference had one final curtain call with the announcement of the All-League team for the 2014-15 campaign.
The Coach of the Year honors were rather expected, as Northern Nash's Henry Drake (boys) and Grover Battle (girls) received the top awards.
Drake led the NN boys to within one game of the league crown -- and the Knights also made an appearance in the Class 3-A State Playoffs in Drake's initial season in charge of the program.

STANHOPE -- Southern Nash High School recently hosted its 2014-15 Winter Awards Ceremony on the SNHS campus.
Honorees from the event were as follows, by sport:

NASH COUNTY -- The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission will open the statewide spring hunting season for wild turkeys -- male and bearded turkeys only -- on April 11 through May 9, preceded by a youth-only week from April 4-10.
During the youth-only season, turkey hunting is only allowed for those younger than 16 years, who must be accompanied by a licensed adult at least 21 years old.

ELM CITY -- After 126 days of waiting for the 2015 racing season to begin at County Line Raceway, this all ended last Saturday night as fans and drivers poured into the 3/8th-mile clay oval to kickoff the track's 27th consecutive season of racing action.
The night began with qualifying for the two featured divisions.
Ultimate Super Late Models would take to the track first seeing the 101 of Casey Roberts, who won last year's season finale Race for the Kids, set the fast time turning the track in only 14.176 seconds.

ZEBULON -- The Carolina Mudcats, the Class A Advanced affiliate of the Atlanta Braves and member of the historic Carolina League, have announced their promotional schedule for the 2015, 25th anniversary season at Five County Stadium.
Individual tickets are now available online at www.caronlinamudcats.com, by calling (919) 269-2287 and by visiting the Five County Stadium box office.

FERRUM, VA. -- Sophomore Kaelan Jacobs went 6-of-11 with a pair of doubles over the weekend, but it would not be enough to lift his North Carolina Wesleyan College Bishops to a baseball series win at Ferrum.
After dropping last Friday's opener by an 8-3 score, the Bishops bounced back for a 9-2 win in game two only to see the Panthers take the rubber game by a 6-3 tally.

ROCKY MOUNT -- The Big East Conference staged its second boys league match of the season on Monday afternoon at Northgreen County Club.
Wilson Hunt was the narrow winner at 330 strokes -- just two shots ahead of backyard rival Wilson Fike (332).
Northern Nash was third at 364, followed by Southern Nash (366), Nash Central (419) and Rocky Mount (436).
Southern Nash veteran Josh Harden was the overall medalist with a 74.

WILSON -- The Wilson Tobs have announced their 2015 promotions schedule.
This year will feature some new promotions among some old favorites.
The Tobs will also feature a record 33 home games in 2015 at Fleming Stadium.
Thomas and Farris Postgame Fireworks return for two nights: Opening Night Sunday, May 24 and the Fourth of July Firework Extravaganza.

Rumors circulating that Nash-Rocky Mount Schools Superintendent Dr. Anthony Jackson was fired are not true, the school system's attorney Rod Malone said.
The rumors began last Wednesday. Sources told The Graphic that Dr. Jackson had been fired by the Nash-Rocky Mount Board of Education in a 7-4 vote. Other rumors said Dr. Jackson had accepted a position with the state and would be leaving the school system at the end of the year.

A bridge on Boddie Mill Pond Road in the Pleasant Grove Community now bears the namesake of a man who has given selflessly of himself to that community.
The Gene E. Braswell Bridge was dedicated last week during an official ceremony at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church.
North Carolina Transportation Secretary Tony Tata said though he didn't know Braswell personally, he'd discovered his reputation in the community and said naming the bridge after him was fitting.

A Whitakers man was killed on Saturday afternoon after running a stop sign and colliding with another vehicle.
According to the NC Highway Patrol, 80-year-old Howard Leonard, of Whitakers, was traveling north on Halifax Road when he ran the stop sign at Halifax and Red Oak-Battleboro Road. A spokesperson said Leonard's vehicle t-boned a 2001 GMC truck, driven by 56-year-old Walter Davis. Davis' truck was pulling a trailer loaded with lawn equipment.